The legendary Norfolk & Western Class J No. 611 steam engine is back for another series of excursions on the Virginia Scenic ...

Before the first episode of the new fantasy television series of Harry Potter drops, the team is releasing the making video ...

An ambitious private railway scheme aims to create an independent main line railway, eighteen miles long, ready to serve the ...

A SMALL UK airport will close in a matter of weeks with its final flights scheduled for May. Coventry Airport first opened in ...

The 19th century became a heyday of American railroads, as business magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt built an empire on the backs ...

HERE are some lost railway stations that no longer exist in Dorset. These stations were victims of the railway cuts of the 1950s and 1960s signalled the end for many of the smaller stations dotted ...

In 1951, more than 40 railway companies were consolidated into a single entity—Indian Railways. Now, 75 years later, THE WEEK ...

In January 1955 Melcombe Regis Railway Station was brought into use for arrival trains for the first time since the Weymouth to Portland line closed. This was because a Royal Wessex engine derailed at ...

A Peckett 0-4-0 saddle tank has been delivered to The Mid-Suffolk Light Railway (the Middy) to operate services on the line ...

Railway excursions were the lifeblood of Blackpool’s holiday trade for almost 150 years. Now, a new book Seaside Specials, ...

But a ride on the state-funded Gold Runner train has its setbacks: namely, uncomfortable seats, no food except for bagged snacks, and drinks without ice due to a recent regulation. Ironically, the ...

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